nothing means nothing
it never has been
and some people say
there is no such thing

nothing means nothing
for there are no words
to spell out a sound
that no one has heard

nothing means nothing
the threads are so thin
a hurricane spins
on a butterfly's wing

like sparrows that fall
we all are so small
but nothing means nothing
nothing at all

shadow keep
the eye of the hurricane
in a storm of stars

drawing deep
waves into the darkest sea
also into you

death is a river
that never stops rising
life is a vine
we can never stop climbing
reaching into the sky
twisted and twined
low over the river
that waters the vine

I know we will never know
what the answer is
but I still
wonder

I have gone down
a strange path
where I cannot read the signs

deep in green awakening
beginning to sing
whispering
of spring

the whole world waited
lost in wonder
curiosity

remember when
the Moon became
a place where we could be

we looked back on
our little world
so beautiful to see

to fly like dragons
in the sky
so powerful
so free

a field of rubble
I stand alone
looking for trouble
picking up stones

here was a labyrinth
before the fall
I walk through wilderness
where once were walls

statues are fallen
and shackles are broken
glass fills the grass
and the dungeons lie open

I begin slowly
small and alone
to build a new kingdom
stone upon stone

synchrony
subtle as a symphony
sway me like the sea

light a fire
and you will see
you are not alone
in this darkness

I hope for
thousands of living planets
life is beautiful

what happens to the parts of you
that you hide from the light
and what do all your demons do
in that concealing night

kept locked up in a secret place
with scarcely space to play
did you think they would disappear
if you just looked away

do they destroy each other
until only one survives
or join and grow into one being
very much alive

amalgamated madness
with no reason left to run
in your own innermost darkness
where the shadows fall as one

A black and shining sea of endless suns
A sky swimming with warm and spinning stones
I know that I am not the only one
Who wonders if we really are alone

The starlight rides the waves and meets our eyes
A vision of infinity in black
How many gaze with me at the same sky
And wonder whether other eyes gaze back

wind rising
on the white and waiting sky
I can taste the storm

When there are no more people in this world
When all of us have vanished into space
What rises from the darkness of the sea
And crawls onto the land to take our place?

Will they learn peace and live in harmony
Respecting all the other animals
Or will they follow after you and me
And leave their own deep footprints on the world?

unseen                                light


in the center
of all things


truth                                   lies

deep in this
latticework of consciousness
learn what darkness is

there is nothing I have done
that nobody else has done
we all look at the same Moon
we all look at the same Sun

there is nothing in this place
that really is all my own
spiraling through time and space
nobody is all alone

little fish
who thinks that its shallow pond
covers the whole world

if you listen closely
we all sing the same song
the Nameless weaves the melody
and we all sing along

today
my head is full
of the sound
of machines
they are everywhere I go
in the world
my home
and my   dreams

we have built
great machines upon the world
a new kind of life

rising up
paper thin the metal mind
sharper than a knife

the tree grows
deep within the dark river
the water rises

what if I
wake up tomorrow morning
and am someone else?

in our judgment
and       division
we have written
our own prison
too ashamed
to think at all
our minds are
h  o   l   l  o  w
empty        walls

we all think
we are somehow different
that's what unites us

everyone
needs to be reminded that
humans are humans

comparing
and drawing lines in the sand
to divide ourselves

time and tide
dissolve our dividing lines
redrawn somewhere else

silently
the soul of the dragon sails
down the smooth river

who are you
do you wonder about us
there beyond the stars

the
   serpent    
   casts  
 its
    long  
and      
winding      
shadow              
on my          
soul    
          even      
                  now    
                 it comes  
   between
          my dark                         
          ness                                    
  and                      
         the                    
light

sometimes I think
we hide                inside
so we can                      forget
the scale                         of it all
                 whenever         I            venture                 
      outside                        without       
 these                      walls
I am so small

there is so much violence
it happens every day
voices loudly silenced
no one knows what to say

peace follows me like the Moon
and draws my eyes her way
the world screams in the face of doom
I look the other way

deep within the mindless unknown
wilderness of dark and cold
        brave                      oasis      
bright warm place
of tenderness
of hope

ever braver
the maneuvers
of the lovers
in the clover

all a quiver
more than ever
and the river
runneth over

silver Moon
swimming in the dark river
sparkling in the rain

the deepest part is like a serpent
fire and madness
in the darkness

above that
more like a rabbit
full of feelings
tenderness

on the outside something other
something abstract
alien

snake and rabbit
do not have it

what would we be
without them?

who am I
why am I the way I am
I am curious

deepest night
where the sky is a color
that we cannot see

I believe that one day

I will be where God is

and think God's thoughts

God is everywhere

God doesn't have any thoughts

held by the Earth
led by the Moon

molten temple
the rhythm holds sway

deep within me
it is always the night

I am the ocean
I am made of waves

no matter in what
direction you look
after far enough
there is only light

deep inside
under this veneer of words
we are still savage

senselessness
clever the nevertheless
evanescent guess

revenge is
two men in a wooden ship
throwing lit torches

hypnotize
draw my eyes and dull my mind
I am full of knives

hidden in the well
of every human mind
there is a monster
we are drawn unto its image
as to any other mirror

I think about the things we see
What we know of reality
How different they are

Forces and fields and particles
Quarks and atoms and molecules
But we see trees and stars

We wrap ourselves in this cartoon
And paint the walls of our cocoon
Like Michelangelo

But if we turned to face the door
Which casts these shadows on the floor
What madness would we know?

I reach out
fingers pressed against the screen
can you feel the heat?

inch by inch
claw and fang and tooth and nail
out of the abyss

When I look at my species
Who we are, what we have done
I wonder if I love humans
Just because I am one

If there is someone out there
Who has learned not to destroy
Then ours is a mentality
They may try to avoid

We wonder why the sky is silent
Why we are alone
Are we the kind of people
Someone would call on the phone?

Maybe one day they'll come to us
Maybe they'll let us live
I hope that evolution brings
The wisdom to forgive

hide                                                                                      away
from                      the                        rain
close         your          eyes
fold your wings
when the light
shines again
ride the sky
on   the   wind